I used to love canning applesauce with my mom! We’d spend a day at the local produce store picking out all the perfect apples and checking for just the right selection for our sauce, which would last throughout the whole year. On chilly days, we’d pull one...

The holidays are busy. Crazy busy. I often find that I have no time to sit down for a proper meal, which used to leave me with a Christmas cookie breakfast, a fruitcake lunch and a stomachache by dinner. So, I now use quick, veggie and fruit smoothies to pack in the...

Tomorrow I’m going to my future in-laws’ home for Thanksgiving for the first time! For many years, I’ve cooked my own Thanksgiving, done it with friends, spent it at a football game or even been lucky enough to see my own family. So, this will be a...

I LOVE 5 layer dip (and pretty much all Mexican food) but it is pretty caloric so… I came up with this version! It is much lower in fat and higher in protein. Plus, it passed the “family” test. I served it at a BBQ and it was gone before dinner. So,...